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100 1 _aCrosby, Donald A.
245 1 4 _aThe specter of the absurd :
_bsources and criticisms of modern nihilism /
_cby Donald A. Crosby.
260 _aAlbany :
_bState University of New York Press,
_c�1988.
300 _a1 online resource (viii, 456 pages).
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aSUNY series in philosophy
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 417-438).
500 _aIncludes indexes.
588 0 _aPrint version record.
505 0 _aPart one : introduction -- Experiencing the absurd -- Types of nihilism -- Part two : arguments for nihilism -- Arguments about God, nature, suffering, and time -- Arguments about reason, will, and other persons -- Part three : a critical look at religious sources of nihilism -- Anthropocentrism, externality of value, and religion as theism -- God's all seeing eye, search for certainty, and deprecation of the world -- Part four : a critical look at philosophical sources of nihilism -- Correspondence-substance and the hegemony of science -- Truth through method and seeds of nihilism in the thought of Descartes -- The subjectivist turn in epistemology, philosophy of language, and ethics -- Social-political individualism, fact-value dichotomy, and primacy of will -- Part five : final appraisal -- The case again nihilism : lessons of refutations.
520 _aThis book is our century's most comprehensive and wise treatment of nihilism in all of its guises, comparing favorably with Rosen, Cavell, and indeed with Spengler. Crosby argues that our culture is genuinely haunted by nihilism expressing itself in the fideism of fundamentalism as well as in the debilitating alienation from all orientation. This results from a one-sided development of Western culture. The force of the argument derives from its comprehensive, cumulative character. Crosby distinguishes and relates five areas of nihilism: political, moral, epistemological, cosmic, and existential. Throughout the book, he illustrates and examines these as they are expressed in literature and art, in daily life and practical affairs, and in philosophy. The book is richly erudite in its marshalling of consciousness from so many domains.
546 _aEnglish.
590 _aeBooks on EBSCOhost
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650 0 _aNihilism (Philosophy)
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091922
650 6 _aNihilisme (Politique)
650 7 _aPHILOSOPHY
_xMovements
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_xGeneral.
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650 7 _aDas Absurde
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650 7 _aNihilismus
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650 7 _aPhilosophy.
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655 0 _aElectronic books.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
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776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aCrosby, Donald A.
_tSpecter of the absurd.
_dAlbany : State University of New York Press, �1988
_z0887067190
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